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Poohsticks

Pronunciation: /ˈpuːstɪks/
Definition of Poohsticks

noun

[mass noun]
  • a game in which each player throws a stick over the upstream side of a bridge into a stream or river, the winner being the person whose stick emerges first from under the bridge.

Origin:

1920s: from Winnie-the- Pooh, the name of a toy bear in the children's books of A. A. Milne

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